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Nuclear experts said Monday that Iran has quadrupled its uranium enrichment production capacity amid tensions with the U.S. over Tehran’s illicit nuclear and non-nuclear activities. This means the Islamic Republic could quickly exceed the stockpile limit set under the 2015 nuclear accord. While Iranian officials stressed that the uranium would...

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Europe

The British Labour Party’s controversial leader, Jeremy Corbyn, defended “salient points” made in an infamous speech by former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calling for the annihilation of the State of Israel. In a 2005 firebrand address to students in Tehran, Ahmadinejad praised “the new wave [of attacks] in Palestine…[which] will...

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Israel

Founded in 1995 by American immigrant and heart surgeon Dr. Ami Cohen, Save a Child’s Heart began operating at the Wolfson Medical Center, where he worked. It started out when a pediatric cardiologist from Ethiopia asked for Cohen’s help with two children he was treating. They were sent over to...

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Human Rights

The Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels have been accused by the World Food Program (WFP) of diverting critical aid deliveries in Yemen, where millions of people are on the brink of famine. David Beasley, the head of WFP, told the BBC on Monday that children were dying as a result of this...

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Iran

The Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels in Yemen have escalated their drone war against Saudi Arabia amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf and launched two separate drone attacks on the kingdom’s Najran Airport within 24 hours. The rebel group said Tuesday that one of their drones hit the airport in Najran...

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Europe

Activists associated with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement interrupted an event for a new book on anti-Semitism by a German-born Persian Jew in the German town of Aurich, East Friesland. Arye Sharuz Shalicar, a former IDF spokesperson who currently serves as head of international relations at Israel’s Intelligence Ministry,...

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MidEast

The United States called Wednesday for dismantling UNRWA, the UN agency that oversees Palestinian refugees, saying the organization had failed in its core mission. In an address to the UN Security Council, U.S. envoy Jason Greenblatt described UNRWA as a “bandaid” and declared it was time to hand over services...

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Israel

Two projects by Israel’s Kimmel Eshkolot Architects received awards at the 9th annual International Space Design Award Idea-Tops in Shenzhen, China and the 2019 Shenzhen Global Design Awards during Shenzhen Design Week in April. Kimmel Eshkolot Architects partner Etan Kimmel was the keynote speaker for the award ceremony’s gala opening on April 25. On...

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Israel

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have confirmed their participation in a U.S.-sponsored peace conference in Bahrain in June, during which the United States is set to announce the economic aspects of its long-awaited peace plan. The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs “welcomed” the announcement of the summit in...

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MidEast

In a furious response to the passing of a landmark anti-BDS resolution in the German Parliament, the Palestinian Authority released a sickening statement in which it accused Israel of invoking the Holocaust to “blackmail” European countries to reject the boycott of the Jewish State. In a vote on Friday, an...

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